Horizon

Season 29 Episode 3: Cheating Time

59 SeasonsJan 20, 1992TV-PG1h8.6

About the original discovery in 1985 of a third form of solid carbon, named Buckminsterfullerene after the architect who invented geodesic domes. The two scientists who discovered the material glimpsed it for brief seconds only in their lasers but neither they nor other scientists subsequently could make the substance last long enough in the laser to prove their theory. Then in 1990, a couple of physicists with an arc-welder in a bell-jar found they could make as much Buckminsterfullerene as ...

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Season 29 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Truth About Sex

1. The Truth About Sex

Aired: Jan 6, 1992

Horizon presents a new study that has highlighted the case of breast cancer.

Episode 3 Cheating Time

3. Cheating Time

Aired: Jan 20, 1992

About the original discovery in 1985 of a third form of solid carbon, named B...

Episode 7 Mars Alive

7. Mars Alive

Aired: Feb 24, 1992

Horizon investigates how in 1939, the Nazis led the race for the atomic bomb....

Episode 10 Here Be Monsters

10. Here Be Monsters

Aired: Mar 16, 1992

This episode of Horizon is about how nuclear fusion has been heralded as the ...

Episode 11 Iceman

11. Iceman

Aired: Mar 30, 1992

Horizon presents a story about what a women eats before and during pregnancy ...

Episode 14 Dante Goes to Hell

14. Dante Goes to Hell

Aired: Apr 27, 1992

Horizon reports on the investigation into a well-preserved human corpse found...

Episode 16 The New Alchemists

16. The New Alchemists

Aired: May 18, 1992

In this story, Horizon presents an investigation into the research to make li...

Episode 18 Wot U Lookin At?

18. Wot U Lookin At?

Aired: Jun 8, 1992

Looks at the causes of violent behaviour in men and at why violence is increa...


Info about Horizon

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary